Lorraine looked after our son from eight months until we moved out of London when he was 2 1/2. We think that she is an outstanding childminder: planning exciting activities and outings, providing a fun and caring environment and being extremely flexible if the inevitable work commitments change. She is firm but fair with the kids and they know exactly where they stand with her. More importantly though our son absolutely loves her, as far as he is concerned she is one of the family and he always talks about her, the other children she looks after, and what he did during the day at her house. This has all made going back to work a lot less difficult than it could have been! We can't recommend her highly enough.